Moving house

Hello all, I’m moving house tomorrow.  Apparently broadband won’t be up and running at the new place for another two weeks (which will limit my blogging opportunities)!  But if you need your fix of ‘Christ the Truth’ why not go to my website. 
Here’s one of the more central pages which links to five papers I wrote [...]

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The resurrection came also by a man

It’s common to hear people speak of the death of Jesus as simply according to His human nature.  This is insisted upon because it is assumed that His ‘divine nature’ could have nothing to do with death.  It’s less common to hear the same people trumpeting the resurrection as simply according to His human nature.  [...]

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Gethsemane

He began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.”  (Matt 26:37-38)
He fell with His face to the ground and prayed.  (Matt 26:39)
“Abba, Father,” He said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but [...]

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Idols – nothing? something? demons?

In talking about Allah as an idol the question comes ‘If Allah is a false god, does that make him nothing? something? a demon?’  I think Paul might say yes to all three questions:
“So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that [...]

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What pastors really need 2

Today I listened to this talk by Robert Reymond addressed to men in the ministry.  If you are a minister of the word, listen and be humbled.  If you know a minister of the word, listen and learn how to pray for them.
The talk finishes after 47 minutes, the Q&A afterwards isn’t particularaly illuminating, but [...]

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Allah is an idol

These are thoughts that I’ve been sharing over at Between Two Worlds on a post called Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammed?
My answer?  Of course not.  Here are some points in no particular order:
1) Let’s let Allah define himself:
“He does not beget nor is he begotten.” (Sura 112)
The Quran defines the god [...]

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Human religion and the gospel

Human religion is man justifying man before a watching god.
The gospel is God justifying God before a watching humanity.
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The Flesh

In thinking of Substitutes for the Spirit I was surprised at how many I came up with.  But then again, we all know what the Scripture says is the antithesis to the Spirit. Therefore we know that susbtitutes for the Spirit can be summed up in one word - flesh.  Thus we know

These substitutes will be [...]

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Substitutes for the Spirit

We have endless substitutes for the actual, dynamic, personal presence of the Spirit in our thinking.  Here’s a sketch of just a few off the top of my head.
Of course, many or all of these are means by which the Spirit works.  Yet if they are cut off from the Source they have no life [...]

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Fear not little flock

“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:32)
We think of ourselves as battle-weary soldiers, securing the kingdom for a grudging commanding officer. The Good Shepherd calls us little sheep who are given heaven and earth by a happy and generous Father!
Now if that doesn’t revolutionize [...]

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The Wrath of the Lamb

It’s been very sobering to study the wrath of the Lamb this week (Rev 6:16).  Here are seven thoughts (of course seven!) that occurred to me this week while preparing to preach Revelation 6:

This is not so much the anger of the great king against rebels. This is much much worse. This is the anger of [...]

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Forgiveness is sacrificial

This never made it into my sermon ‘Why the Cross?‘  It’s a side thought raised by the question why God doesn’t simply forgive us…
Forgiveness is always costly. Whenever people say ‘Why doesn’t God simply forgive?’ I often wonder what they mean by the word ‘simply’. Anyone who says forgiveness is simple has clearly never tried it. Forgiveness [...]

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Who is the first horseman of the Apocalypse?

“I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”  I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a [...]

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Jesus and the Trinity

Read this at Inhabitatio Dei.  How awesome is that?!
And if you haven’t already read Halden’s beliefs page, check that out too.  Refreshing stuff.

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Revelation 4 and 5

I posted recently on the importance of trusting the Son of God in hard times, not simply the sovereignty of God.  These thoughts have arisen again as I’ve been preaching on Revelation 4 and 5 recently.  It’s pause for thought to see John weeping aloud in the very throne room of God! (Rev 5:4)  Heaven [...]

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